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Compost Making. Utterly Confused!!
Ed ex@directory wrote in
: I took on an allotment plot earlier this year, and quickly cleared half of it to grow at least some crops this season whilst I intensively double-dig and clear the other half. All of that is going well. So, now I want to make a compost bin. Eventually I plan to have 3. I have scavenged 4 pallets each of which is 3ft x 4ft which I intend to use to build a box that is 3ft square and 4 ft high. One of the sides will be loosely (but securely) tied in so that it is removable for access. But what to do next? I have read so much here and on google that I am utterly confused. Firstly, should I line the box with something like lino or old carpet in order to keep the heat in or leave it as it is to allow for aeration? Secondly, do I have to stick to a strict regime as to how I build up the layers? I was just thinking of simply piling in layers of stuff as and when I harvested crops throughout the season , maybe throw in some grass cuttings from home, maybe throw in paper from the shredding machine, maybe throw in some straw if it available. Do I have to add accelerators? Do I have to add lime? Do I have to turn it? Do I add worms? Do I have to pee on it LOL!! Making compost seems to have become such a scientific skill that I am now quite wary of even starting to do so, lest I end up with some smelly sickly sludge that it no good for anything. Ed You don't have to do bugger-all to make it work. All that scientific stuff will get you efficiency improvements. Depending on a lot of things those improvements may be small or large. Start simple and figure out what could be better based on experience. I just use wire mesh "bins" which I turn no more often than monthly. In my cool dry climate it takes a season to produce good compost. I've got the time and the space, so... -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- A L B E R T A Alfred Falk R E S E A R C H Information Systems Dept (780)450-5185 C O U N C I L 250 Karl Clark Road Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://www.arc.ab.ca/ T6N 1E4 http://outside.arc.ab.ca/staff/falk/ |
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